"Telos" really blew me away. What's the story behind that one? Where does it fit within the album's narrative? Where were you coming from lyrically?
This song deals with the part of the story where Prospect 2 is basically deciding he wants to end humankind. He's speaking his mind to Prospect 1 and trying to convince through domination. Prospect 1 seems to have already decide he is very different from his "Soul Mate" but he decides to keep his mouth shut and leave Prospect 2's life soon. The "She Writes/Speaks" in the middle section of the song is from the point of view of Prospect 2's wife whom he left on the Old Planet. The "writes" section is a letter she is writing about how he has hurt her. He didn't leave a note or any sign of why he has left that she knows about. She feels alone and can't take life anymore. She then decides to end her life by burning down the house they built together with her inside. This note is what she will bury outside in case he ever comes back. The "speaks" section is her last thoughts while the house is burning down. "Telos" is defined as: an ultimate object or aim.
"Telos" really blew me away. What's the story behind that one? Where does it fit within the album's narrative? Where were you coming from lyrically?
This song deals with the part of the story where Prospect 2 is basically deciding he wants to end humankind. He's speaking his mind to Prospect 1 and trying to convince through domination. Prospect 1 seems to have already decide he is very different from his "Soul Mate" but he decides to keep his mouth shut and leave Prospect 2's life soon. The "She Writes/Speaks" in the middle section of the song is from the point of view of Prospect 2's wife whom he left on the Old Planet. The "writes" section is a letter she is writing about how he has hurt her. He didn't leave a note or any sign of why he has left that she knows about. She feels alone and can't take life anymore. She then decides to end her life by burning down the house they built together with her inside. This note is what she will bury outside in case he ever comes back. The "speaks" section is her last thoughts while the house is burning down. "Telos" is defined as: an ultimate object or aim.
this is from a recent interview with tommy. http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/between-the-buried-and-me-talk-the-parallax-ii-future-sequence-and-more/10275990